What Is Early Word? The Philadelphia Inquirer's experimental online "morning show&quot, which began in Sept. 2005, went on hiatus in the summer of 2006, after a gradual shift to putting more of its content directly on Philly.com.

Fuelish Idea?Sure, the U.S. has to get off its gasoline addiction. But is sticker shock part of the solution? While pumping gas columnist John Grogan got an idea. The government should sock it to buyers of gas guzzlers: "A behemoth rated at 14 m.p.h. would pay a stiff $8,000 fee, maybe more," he writes. Read his column. Was he sniffing fumes? Or are you fuming, too, about our energy future?